Re: 15%May 16, 2014, 10:45 AM in the Article: FCC Spells Out Spectrum Screen Policies forum
Umm, let's see when the last auction occurred Sprint and TMO didn't have much in the way of funds to compete with Verizon and AT&T. You could say TMO had an opportunity with DT supporting them but they were always in a sell mode with them and didn't change much until AT&T's failed merger that gave them spectrum and cash.

Re: LTE is to Wimax as VHS is to BetaApr 9, 2014, 9:09 AM in the Article: Sprint to Switch Off WiMax Network By End of 2015 forum
I agree with your statement about increasing coverage, in general Sprint is upgrading network but adding relatively few towers. My real point to all this was just stating that assuming Sprint would automatically offer a comparable home internet plan like Clear had in place for these users is hopeful at best. Nothing has pointed to Sprint allowing an unlimited plan with a home modem anytime soon, I did caveat by saying that Sprint's push to acquire TMO ...

Re: LTE is to Wimax as VHS is to BetaApr 8, 2014, 2:00 PM in the Article: Sprint to Switch Off WiMax Network By End of 2015 forum
The article states that there are 17K Clearwire sites, 5K have been done and another 5K expected to be completed by 2016. The 7K could be in covered markets already but I bet alot of them are in areas that Sprint won't cover or upgrade. They have plenty of incentive to shut down towers ($$$) that don't provide coverage for enough pops to justify.
Most clearwire plans were around $55 for unlimited use for home internet with good ...

Re: LTE is to Wimax as VHS is to BetaApr 8, 2014, 10:21 AM in the Article: Sprint to Switch Off WiMax Network By End of 2015 forum
I agree with the first comment, but the rest doesn't add up. Clearwire often went into areas that Sprint wasn't and they did offer extremely cheap plans for unlimited use which Sprint will not give them as that offer showed that Clearwire was a sinking ship. A lot of people didn' have options other than bad DSL or satelitte and Clear gave them pretty good speeds at a decent price. The only way Sprint will offer ...

Re: Interesting.Feb 13, 2014, 11:13 AM in the Article: AT&T Looking to Buy AWS Spectrum from Stelera forum
"companies like TMo and Sprint have relatively equal and in some cases more spectrum than the big two"
Wow that is a misleading statement. The ASSUMPTION here is that all spectrum is equal, which it isn't. Verizon and AT&T have the largest amounts of the most valuable spectrum in the lower bands. Ask Verizon if they would like to swap spectrum with Sprint and I'll bet all my money on their answer of NO.

Re: Those speeds thoJan 9, 2014, 12:17 PM in the Article: T-Mobile Expands 4G LTE to 273 Cities forum
Yes that is nice and yes that is if 1 person is on the network. The real test when enough devices are able to pick it up and see what it is during business hours in the day. Either way I'm sure it will average around 7-10 mbs which should be enough for 99% of the population

Re: Sprint has a good point.Jun 18, 2013, 11:17 AM in the Article: Sprint Sues to Thwart Dish's Tender Offer for Clearwire forum
You mean by 'investing' as in giving them all their spectrum? It was use or lose it, that is why they went with Wimax because it was available at the time. Sprint didn't have the money to meet the buildout requirements so they went public with it and had some good backers like Intel, Google, etc. The company did fail overall, i just find it funny this all happens at the same time, like where were ...

Re: WowJun 13, 2013, 9:50 AM in the Article: Clearwire Committee to Endorse Dish's Offer forum
Dish is doing this because they do want to be a pain, but they have a business need to get their spectrum build out and they have obviously identified Clearwire as the best outlet to do that. This will probably cause Sprint much heartache going forward unless they sign a new agreement with favorable terms for Dish.

Re: Hmmmm....May 31, 2013, 11:30 AM in the Article: Dish Increases Clearwire Bid to $4.40 Per Share forum
In the long run all we are talking about is the 25% that sits out there after Sprint buys the other large players stock. It's a play to impact the Sprint sale to Softbank and that is it. Softbank and Dish both want Clear but owning outright won't come unless you own Sprint. I think the only thing that has changed is that Clear minority shareholders are getting more money every day but the ownership of ...

Re: it's so obviousJan 18, 2013, 2:23 AM in the Article: Dish Seeks to Halt FCC Review of Sprint-Softbank Deal forum
Honestly, I thought I knew what was going on here but I get more and more confused. Number 1 fact, Sprint and Clearwire are joined at the hip so no deal with Clearwire will ever get done like Dish is proposing. If Sprint doesn't get deal done, I guarantee you the Dish one will fall through, that will lead to the overinflated (yes, very overinflated) stock price of Clearwire dropping back down to $2 or sub $2. ...

Re: This got a lot more complicatedJan 9, 2013, 12:19 PM in the Article: Dish Makes Competitive Bid for Clearwire forum
Everytime people mention Sprint and Clearwire they see them as two different companies, I don't believe you can easily seperate them. The fact is that Sprint owns more than 50% of the shares and has contracts in place for service. There is a reason no one else has tried to buy Clearwire (besides its massive load of debt), they have to deal with Sprint one way or another. Sprint is too far committed to seeing an ...

Re: AcquisitionNov 8, 2012, 1:40 PM in the Article: U.S. Cellular to Cut 1,000 Jobs as Part of Sprint Divestiture forum
Sorry, all I was talking about was in the past, I know TMobile and Metro are in the midst of a merger now. Before then there were talks of Sprint acquiriing one of the other PCS prepaid brands like Metro or Leap. My main question was if there were any advantages to acquiring US Cellular. It appears they have spectrum all over the place but anything that adds to 1900 for Sprint will be good I ...

Re: Yay for Sprint, Screw AT&TOct 18, 2012, 2:03 PM in the Article: Sprint Invests Just Enough in Clearwire to Give it 50.8% forum
Exactly john, how did we forget that Sprint had this spectrum before? How can we forget that they used to have majority ownership in Clearwire? They bought the stock before the deal is even finalized and will own regardless of whether the deal goes through. AT&T just doesn't like Sprint getting money and ability to do something with spectrum that is largely sitting fallow. Don't get me wrong, I support both carriers, got family working ...

Re: Sort of predictableJun 6, 2012, 9:29 AM in the Article: Sprint May Sell iPhone Via Virgin Mobile forum
Your math is off, that is over a certain time period longer than 2 years. You would have to assume that those buying iphones now wouldn't buy an iphone when they upgrade or they don't upgrade at all.
You still present a good point, Sprint will have to get a high percentage of people using the iPhone on all of their brands to break even.

Re: SituationJun 22, 2011, 9:21 AM in the Article: Sprint Does AT&T's Homework forum
Sprint is not opposing a 3 major carrier world, they are opposing a world where 2 carriers would have 80% of the business. If your situation did occur than it would be more aligned to having a relatively equal share of subscribers between 3 carriers.

Re: Oooohhhh big whoomp 1.5 uploadJun 9, 2011, 1:11 PM in the Article: Sprint Confirms WiMax Upload Speed Boost forum
Very funny, don't want to think about Jay actively producing porn and needing high upload speeds.
Seperate question AJ: If Clear switches to LTE what kind of speeds can we expect from them? Also are they restricted to a different LTE version TDD or FDD??? (sorry a little lost on LTE terminology) Will this produce different results?